Ukraine's army keeps outsmarting Russia on the battlefield, with cunning ruses and opportunistic attacks

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A rocket is launched from a truck-mounted multiple rocket launcher near Svyatohirsk, eastern Ukraine, on May 14, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
A rocket is launched from a truck-mounted multiple rocket launcher near Svyatohirsk, eastern Ukraine, on May 14, 2022.

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Ukrainian commander says he'd be dead if he fought exactly how the US and its allies taught him

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Ukrainian soldiers receive training from Norwegian instructors as part of a NATO program in August 2023 in Trondheim, Norway.

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A Russian sub took 'catastrophic' damage from a Ukrainian missile strike despite attempts to downplay it, UK intel says

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BlackSky imagery captured the damage caused by a Ukranian cruise missile attack on the Sevastopol Shipyard dry docks in Russia occupied Crimea on September 13, 2023.
BlackSky imagery captured the damage caused by a Ukranian cruise missile attack on the Sevastopol Shipyard dry docks in Russian-occupied Crimea on September 13, 2023.

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Recent arrests suggest Putin is quietly trying to rein in some of his most effective promoters of the war in Ukraine

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Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting at the Kremlin in February 2022.

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Putin is 'scrounging around' for low-quality weapons by doing a deal with North Korea, US official says

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny Cosmodrome space center in Russia, as seen on TV in South Korea.

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Ukraine is rolling out a lighter, form-fitting body armor for women after female soldiers said wearing men's clothes got in the way of their frontline fighting

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A woman demonstrates specially designed body armor for army women during a presentation in Kyiv.
A woman demonstrates specially designed body armor for army women during a presentation in Kyiv.

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Ukraine may be cracking Russia's frontlines, but now it has to get Russian troops to crack as well

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Ukrainian soldiers during infantry training in Donetsk Oblast on August 11.

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A spectacular attack in Crimea is part of Ukraine's effort to 'evict' Putin's navy from a prized Black Sea base, experts say

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BlackSky imagery captured the damage caused by a Ukranian cruise missile attack on the Sevastopol Shipyard dry docks in Russia occupied Crimea on September 13, 2023.
BlackSky imagery captured the damage caused by a Ukrainian cruise missile attack on the Sevastopol Shipyard dry docks in Russia occupied Crimea on September 13, 2023.

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Ukrainians are worried that China could cut their access to homemade drones remotely, making them into 'nothing more than a coaster for your coffee'

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Ukrainian military member works with drone parts in a lab on July 10, 2023 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
Ukrainian military member works with drone parts in a lab on July 10, 2023 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

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Ukraine appears to be hunting Russia's formidable S-400 air defense systems in Crimea with modified Neptune anti-ship missiles

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A column of Russian missile S-400 Triumf systems drive along the Garden Ring road towards the Red Square for a rehearsal of the Victory Day military parade, in central Moscow, on April 27, 2023.
A column of Russian missile S-400 Triumf systems drive along the Garden Ring road towards the Red Square for a rehearsal of the Victory Day military parade, in central Moscow, on April 27, 2023.

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